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Saksena, Kate

Hang On in There, Shelley

219 pp. | Bloomsbury | June, 2003 | Trade ISBN 1-58234-822-7 $$16.95
(4) YA Fourteen-year-old Shelley, beset with worries about her alcoholic, verbally abusive mother and the bullies tormenting her at her new school, writes long confessional letters to her favorite pop star. Despite the melodramatic ending, Shelley's matter-of-fact attitude about her mixed race ("I have a white mum and a black dad") and her realistic portrayal of home and school life ring true.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl

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